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\VILLIAM KOCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE KRUSE CHECK AND ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

CASH-INDICATING AND CHECK-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,003, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed October 20, 1888. Serial No. 288,631. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM Keen, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful.Improvements in Cash-Indicating and Check-Printing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference IO marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 isa front elevation of myimproved five-cent cash and check machine. Fig. 2 is a front viewof aportion of themachincabove its base with the front plate of the casing removed, illustrating the printing devices alone, the remainder of the mechanism being omitted in the drawings; Fig. 3, a si n'iilar View from the immediately opposite or rear side of the machine; Fig. 4, a transverse section in line a a; of Fig. 2, presenting a side elevation of the printing devices in their normal position when at rest; Fig. 5, an irregular section in line y of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, an elevation similar to Fig. 4, but with the type-wheel shown in its operative position for imprint; Fig. 7, a top view of the machine with the top plate of the'casing removed and the printing mechanism omitted to illustrate more clearly the 0 indicating and drawer-operating mechanism. Fig. 8 is a transverse section in line w 21 of Fig. '7, with the printing mechanism omitted to illustrate more clearly the indicating and drawer-operating mechanism and lockingde- 5 vices; Fig. 5), a vertical section of the machine in line of Fig. 8, embracing a view thereof similar to that in Fig. 2, but including the indicating and d rawer-operatin g mechanism and locking devices, and excluding the 40 printing mechanism.

Similar letters and numerals indicate like parts in all of the figures.

My invention relates to that class of cash and check machines which are provided with 5 a receptacle for the cash and in which the checks are printed from type formed or placed upon arcvolvingwheel, which is moved bodily toward the paper to produce animprintthereon; and it. consists in the novel devices hereinafter described and claimed for carrying the type-wheel and printing-platen toward each other on each side of the paper strip to be printed, moving the inking-pad to and from the type, positively locking the typewheel at the moment of imprint toprevent any jar or movement thereof, positivelylocking the indicating and type-setting mcchanism during the movements of the printing mechanism and until the same are completed, and for actuating, locking, and releasing the lid of the caslrreeeptaele.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction and operation of the several parts, insure a perfectly clear impression from the type-wheel free from the blur whichcommonly mars the printing in machines of this class, and securely look at such times as are appropriate the cash-receptacle and the indicating and printing mechanism, so as to prevent any false or fraudulent movements thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame or casing of the machine, by means whereof its working parts are inclosed and supported.

B is the crank-shaft by which the printing mechanism of the machine is operated; C, a cam-shaft mounted parallel with the crankshaft, prefcrably in the same horizontal plane, and gearedtherewith by the cog-wheels E E. The two shafts are fitted to revolve in suitable bearings in horizontal brackets F F, projeetin g from the inner side of the casing.

The crank-shaft l3, extending at one end through the front plate of the casing, is pro vided with a crank 13', by which it is actuated as required.

The cam-shaft 0 extends from 'frontlo rear of the machine wholly within the casing, as shown in Fig. 4, and is fitted at its front end with a ratchet-wheel D, engaged by a pawl D pivoted to the casing, and which operates to prevent a reverse movement of the shafts.

The type represent ing the numerals or other characters to be printed by the machine are formed or secured upon the periphery of a wheel G. (See Figs. 2 to (3.) This type-wheel revolves freely upon an axle G, mounted at a right angle with the shaft 1 in the ends of two parallel swinging arms ll ll, secured to a Too rock-shaft H, mounted below the wheel in suitable bearings provided therefor, so that the type-wheel may swing under the shaft B in a vertical plane coincident with the axis thereof.

A transmitting-pinion I is mounted to revolve upon the shaft H, and mesh with a corresponding pinion I, secured to one face of the type-wheel concentrically with its axis, whereby the type-wheel may be revolved, so as to bring any of the peripheral type into line of print. The transmitting-pinion I is geared by a bevel-gear 20 to a large spurwheel 21 upon the shaft 22 of an indicating device, to be hereinafter described, and by which the amount to be printed or recorded is designated.

A horizontal printing-table J is formed parallel with the shaft II, to receive and support a strip of paperimmediatelyunder the periphery of the wheel, so that the type thereon may be brought into contact with the paper in proper position for imprint, when the wheel, swinging upon its radial arms H H, drops toward the table. The paper to receive the imprint maybe fcd forward over the table or guideway into and out of line of print by hand, or by any of the well known feeding devices employed in this class of printingmachines, and which need not be herein described.

To insure a perfect impression of the type upon the paper, an opening is cut through the table at line of print, and a platen K, properly faced with rubber or other elastic material, is fitted upon the end of a spring-plate K, (see Fig. 4,) which permits it to move up through the opening, so as to contact with the type in line of print or bear the interposed piece of paper against the type. The action of the spring operates to move the platen away from the type. The movement of the platen toward the type is effected at the proper moment by means of a pivoted lever L, one arm of which is fitted to bear upward against the under side of the platen, and the other, extending to the frontof the machine, is brought under the free end of a lever M of the third class, pivoted to the front plate of the casing and which rests thereon. This lever M is depressed to cause an upward movementof the platen K at each revolution of the crank-shaft by means of a rocking lever N, coupled at one end by a link N to a wrist-pin 0 upon the face of the ratchet-wheel D. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) A set-screw L, fitted in the end of the actuating-arm of the lever L to bear against the platen K, permits of an adjustment of the movement of the platen with reference to the type-wheel G. The type-wheel is autoinati cally thrown up clear of the printing-table J by means of a spiral spring P, actuating a vertical rod P, disposed to bear upwardly against a projection or toe P upon one of the swing ing arms I'I. (See Figs. 4 and 5.) It is depressed to bring its type into contact with the paper on the printing-table by means of a yoke Q, pivoted upon its axle G, and whose upper end is fitted with a beveled frictioir roller R, as shown in Fig. 4-, to be engaged by the periphery of a cam S upon the shaft 0, so that at each revolution of the cam the type wheel will be caused to swing downward upon therock-shaft II as a pivotal center.

The yoke Q is upheld in a vertical position under the cam S by means of a pin T, project;- ing from the casing of the machine into a slot a, cut diagonally in the length of one of the lateral arms of the yoke, as shown in Fig. 5 and dotted lines, Fig. t The slot to allows the yoke to move downward with the wheel and guides it in its movement. The yoke is also confined in its movement by means of a plate T, titted to an offset on the casing to project over the slotted arm of the yoke, against its inner face, parallel therewith, as shown in Fig. 5 and by dotted lines in l ig. i.

The type are inked before passing to line of print by means of an inking-pad 2, upon a plate 3, secured to the end of a swinging arm 4L, pivoted upon a stud-axle 5, projecting inwardly from the frame or casing of the machine at a right angle with the cam-shaft l and under the inner end of said shaft. A rocking lever 6 (see Figs. 3, 4, and 6) is pivoted upon the same stud-axle One arm of said rocking lever is coupled to the swinging arm t by means of a pin 7, (see Figs. 4 and (3,) projecting from the arm through an aperture in the lever and having a wide head upon its outer end to preventthcir disconnection, and which is fitted with an encircling spiral spring Y, interposed between the arm and lover, so as to permit an independent movement of the arm against the stress of the spring. The opposite free arm of the rocking lever is fitted with a friction-roller I), to bear against the outer face of acam-wheel 8, secured to the end of the shaft (7, as shown in Figseandti. The roller 9 isautomatically held in constant contact with the cam-wheel S by means of a spiral spring 10, (see Fig. 3,) fitted upon and secured at one end to the stud-axle 5, to engage with its free end the arm 4.

The arm 4, carrying the inking-pad, is so adjusted as that when the roller 9 is in contact with the plain portion or face of the camwheel 8 the pad shall be withdrawn from the type on the type-wheel by the action of the springs 10 and Y; but so soon as the crank begins its revolution from its normal position at rest the pad will be carried by the action of the cam 12 against the face of the particular type 011 the wheel (1}, which, in the movement of said wheel produced by a movement of the indicating-pointcr to the corresponding figure on the index-scale, has been set for print. The cam 12 not only forces the free arm of the lever (3 outward until the hiking pad 2 is brought into contact with the type, but byits further movement compresses both the spring 10 and the spring Y, so as to cause the pad to bear firmly upon the type with an elastic pressure and properly ink the same. So soon as the apex of the cam 12 passes the periphery of the roller 9 the spring Y will come into play to prom ptly withdraw the pad from the type, leaving the latter free to be carried with the wheel G by the movement of the yoke Q and arms H H into proper position for printing above the platen K.

It is evident that a SGglllQl'lll of: the wheel may be employed instead of the entire wheel G where the type do not cover the entire periphery of the type-wheel.

The inking-pad 2 maybe made detachable from the plate 3 and be secured thereto by means of a slot \V in the plate, adapted to embrace the stem of a pin .lt3, which projects centrally from the under side of the pad and carries a spring-actuated head, which is automatically :foreed inward against the plate by the stress of its spring.

To prevent positively any movement of the type-wheel about its axis at the moment of imprint a toothed or star wheel or circular rack 13 is secured concentrically against the face of the type-wheel opposite its pinion I, and an angular or beveled faced dog It (see Fig. i) is mounted upon an arm 15, in position to engage one of: the notches in said wheel or rack as the type-wheel is brought into eontaet with the paper. The engagement of the dog with the notch in the star-wheel serves both to carry the type into exact registry with the line of print and to lock it while an impression is being made, so that a blurring of the imprint is absolutely prevented thereby.

The indicating mechanism consists, as is customary, of an index-pointer or haut 23, fixed to the rotating-shaft 22 to oscillate over the face of a segmental scale or dial 24' on the front face of the machine. (See Fig. l.) The shaft 22, mounted in the lower part of the machine parallel with the crank-shaft- 13, carries the spur-wheel 21, which is, as above described, connected by thebevel-gear 20 to the transmitting-pinion I, actuating the typewheel G, so that the type on said wheel G corresponding to the particular figu re on the dial or index-scale 2-1-, to which the pointer 23 may be turned, shall be brought to line of print. The shaft 22 likewise geared by means of a train of wheels 25 (see Fig. 0) to the spindle 35 of an indicating disk or w heel 26, hearing figures correspon ding with the type on the typc-wheel G, and which is mounted in the customary manner to display severally each of said figures at an opening in the upper part of the machine. The indieating-shaft 22 is fi'irthermore fitted with a toothed segment 27, (see Fig. 9,) secured thereon to be engaged by a dog 28 upon the end of an arm 29, projecting from a rocking shaft 30, actuated by a locking-bar ill, which is pivoted at one end to a second arm 32, projecting radially from said shaft, and is slotted at the other to embrace the camshaft 0, as shown in Fig. 9. Afrietion-roller 33, (see Figs. 7 and 8 and dotted lines, Fig.

9,) mounted upon a stud-pin proj ectin g laterally from said bar 31, is made to engage the periphery of a wheel 3- secured upon the shaft 0, and thereby hold the bar in position to carry the dog 28 into engagement with the teeth of the segment 27, so as to lock and prevent any movement whatever of the indicating mechanism or type-wheel while the print ing-crank 13 of the machine is in movement or out of its first or normal position. (See Figs. 1 and S.) \Vhen the crank is in this first position, a notch in the periphery of the wheel 31- is brought into register with the friction-roller, and as the roller enters the notch the locking-bar 31 is allowed to drop back far enough to carry thedog 28 out of its engagement with the toothed segment 27, and thereby permit of the rotation of the shaft and a movement of the indicating and typesetting mechanisms.

The machine is mounted upon a suitable base 35, (shown only in Figs. 1, 7, 8, and 9,) which is made to project at the front and is adapted to serve as a cash-receptacle. The projecting portion of the base 35 is closed by a sliding lid 36, as shown in Figs. 7 and R, or the base may otherwise be fitted with a drawer or till made to slide into and out of it in substantially the same manner as the lid 36, and as an equivalent device.

The lid 31.; is drawn auton'iatically inward to open the cash-receptacle, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 8, by means of a coiled spring 37, encircling a rotating shaft 38, mounted. in the rear portion of the base and upon which is fitted a pulley 3!), about which is carried a band 40, secured thereto at one end and whose opposite end is made fast to the lid. 36. The coiled spring 37 is made fast at one end to the casing of the base and at the other to the shaft, and is wound up by the rotation of the pulley 39 produced by the unwinding of the band 4:0 as the lid St is drawn outward to close the opening in the cash-receptacle. (See Figs. Sand 0). \\'hen the lid has been thus drawn out, it is held fast against the stress of the spring and prevented from flying open by means of an automatic catch, consisting of a vertically-sliding plate or latch 42, (see Figs. 8 and 5),) mounted to move freely in ways formed against the inner face of the front plate A of the casing of the machine, and to drop by its gravity into engagement with a lug 43, upon the rear end of the lid. This catch-plate 42 serves as an automatic lock for the lid to prevent it from being opened except by a release of the plate therefrom. This release is effected solely by means of an oscillating lever 44, (see Fig. 9,) pivoted upon a stud projecting inward from the front plate of the casing and so bent and extended as that one end shall engage a slot in the catch-plate l2 and its opposite end projeet immediately beneath the free end of the printi ng-levcr M, to contact therewith and be depressed thereby when said printing-lever is forced down, in manner as hereinbefore described, by the revolution of the crank B, to operate the printing mechanism. \Yhen the catch-lever 44 is oscillated by the movement of the printing-lever N, the catch-plate 4C2 will be thereby lifted from the lug sufficiently to allow the lid 36 to move back under the stress of its spring and thus open the cash-receptacle.

The lower end of the catch 42 and the upper face of the lug are oppositely inclined, so that when the lid is drawn outwardly the catch will be automatically lifted by the lug until it has passed beyond its rearend,when, at the moment the movement of the lid is completed, it will drop in the rear of the lug to engage it and lock the lid.

\Vhen the lid is carried inwardly to open the cash-receptacle, the rotation of the shaft 38, which actuates it, is made to enforce the lock upon the indicating mechanism produced and maintained by means of the dog 28, in manner as described, by means of a springactuated pin t5, beveled at its upper end and mounted to play vertically over a cam 46, fixed upon the shaft 38, and to extend up through the top of the base into engagement with the beveled end of a sliding spring-actuated plate 47, whose opposite end is made to extend in position to pass under the end of an arm 49, connected with the end of the arm 32 at its joint with the locking-bar 31, so to depend vertically under said joint. These several parts are so disposed as that when the shaft 38 is by the stress of its spring revolved to draw inward the lid 86 the cam 46, bearing against the-pin 45, will force it up against the stress of its spring into engagement with the sliding plate 4L7, so as to slide the latter forward against the stress of its spring until, as the inward movement of the lid 36 is completed, its free end will pass under the end of the vertical arm 49 and thereby prevent the arm from dropping. The arm 49 will be lifted snfticiently to permit the plate 4-7 to pass under it only at such times as the dog 28 in engagement with the segment 27 to lock it. So long as the plate 4:7 remains under said arm 49,any movement of the bar 31 or of the dog 28 is prevented, and hence after the indicating mechanism has thus been locked it must remain locked until the lid 30 of the cash-receptacle is closed, the retraction of the sliding plate 47 and of its operative pin 45 beingautomatically effected by means of their respective springs so soon as the pin is freed from the cam it by the revolution of the shaft 88 as the lid is closed.

In the operation of the machine the operaterupon the receipt of a cash payment will, by turningthe pointer 93 to the tigu re on the index-scale 2t eorres1i onding with the amount received, cause the same to be exhibited at the front and rear reading-openings on the top of the machine by means of the indicating-disk 26, set by said movement, and will simultaneously cause the type-wheel G to revelve, so as to bring the type thereon correspending with said amount into position to be inked by the pad 2. After the amount paid in has thus been indicated and set for print, a single revolution of the printing-crank B, produci ng a rotation of the cam-shaft C, will at the outset lock the indicating mechanism by carryin g the friction-roller 33 on the locking-bar 31 out of the peripheral notch on the wheel 3i, so as to move said bar, and this lock upon the indicating mechanism will be maintained until the crank has completed its full revolution. The first movement of the crank will also carry the inking-pad momentarily with an elastic pressure against the particular type on the type-wheel set for print, as described, and will then allow it to spring back clear of the wheel. The continued revolution of the crank will next cause the type-wheel to swing upon its radial arms I11 I11 toward the strip of paper brought to line of print on the table J, and will simultaneously force the platen K up under the paper to bear it toward the typewheel. The type and the platen will thus be brought from opposite directions to bear with a firm, positive pressure upon the paper, so as to produce an imprint of the type thereon, the elasticity of the face or body of the platen serving to insure the accuracy of contact, and the degree of pressure being adjusted by means of the set-screw ll. As the type is thus brought to bear upon the paper, the engagement of the dog it with the proximate notch in the star-wheel 1i locks the type-wheel and prevents any lateral move ment of the type, so that there can be no blurring of the impression therefrom. After the impression has been produced the movemen ts of the cam S and wrist-pin 0 allow the typewheel and the platen to move back from the paper, this outward movement being automatically produced by the action of the springs P and K in manner as described. As the platen is carried up against the type, the locking-catch 4t? is lifted by the same movement, so as to allow the cash-lid to open and uncover the cash-receptacle. Just as the printing-crank l3 completes its revolution the notch in the disk 3t will allow the locking-bar 31 to move back under the influence of its own weight, combined with that of the arm it) suspended therefrom, so as to disengage the dog 28 from the toothed segment 27, and thereby unlock the indicating mechanism which is otherwise securely locked by said dog during the entire revolution of the crank. The locking-bar 31 not, however, permitted to'drop back, even when released from the disk 3-1, so long as the lid. 36 of the cash-receptacle is open, but is itself locked by reason of the engagement of the sliding plate 47 with the lower end of the arm 4L9, said engagement being produced by the opening of the lid in manner as described; hence the indicating mechanism remains positively locked, not only when the crank is making its revolution, but also so long as the cash-receptacle remains open.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the type-wheel revolv ng upon a swinging axle, a yokepivoted to said axle, a rotating shaft fitted with a cam to bear upon said yoke, and a printingplaten with which the periphery of the type-wheel 1s brought into contact, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of the type-wheel revolving upon a swinging axle, the cam, the printing-platen toward which the periphery of the type-wheel is carried by the action of said cam, and devices for moving the platen to and from the wheel, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination of the type-wheel revolving upon a swinging axle, the yoke pivoted to said axle, the rotating shaft having a cam bearin upon said yoke, a movable printing-platen toward which the peripheryof the type-wheel is carried by the action of said cam, a rocking lever actuating the platen to move it toward the type-wheel, and means, substantially as described, for coupling the lever to the shaft, allsubstantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The combination of the type-wheel revolving upon a swinging axle, an opposed prlnting-platen, a yoke pivoted to said axle, a rotating shaft having a cam bearing upon said yoke to move the wheel toward the platen, an inking-pad swinging into contactwith the periphery of the typewheel, a spring compressed by said movement of the pad, a camwheel upon the rotating shaft, and mechanism, substantially as described, interposed be tween the pad and cam-wheel,whereby the pad is carried positively against the type on the wheel and automatically withdrawn before the wheel is moved by the cam bearing on its yoke, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

5. The combination, with the type-wheel and pad-earryin g lever arranged opposite the periphery of said wheel, of a pad carried by the lever and laterally detachable therefrom, substantially as set forth.

(3. The combination, with a type-wheel revolving upon a swinging axle, of a concentric rack or toothed wheel having notches corresponding in number to the types and united to the type-wheel, and a fixed dog, and appliances whereby the latter is caused to engage the interdental notches of said rack or wheel as the type-wheel is swung into position for imprint, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

7. The combination, in a cash-indicating and check-printing machine, of the revolving pointer, the toothed segment mounted upon the spindle of the pointer to move with it, an oscillating dog mounted to engage said segment, a trausmitting-pinion in gear with said spindle, a radial arm swinging upon the axis of said transihitting-pinion, a type-wheel pivoted upon said arm to gear with and swing about said pinion, a spring-actuated yoke pivoted on the axle of the typewheel, a cam upon a rotating shaft bearing upon said yoke Cit against the .stress of its spring, and the meeh-- ing said catch, the crankshaft by which theprinting mechanism is operated, and the means, substantially as described, whereby the lock-lever is operated by the revolution of the crank-shaft, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

9. The combination, substantially as set forth, with the cash-receptacle, the printing mechanism, and the indicating mechanism in a cash and check machine, of the springactuated self-opening cash-lid, the drivingshaft for the printing mechanism, the independent oscillating shaft connected with the indicating mechanism, the toothed segment upon the oscillating indicating-shaft, a pivoted dog engaging said segment, the connection between the dog and driving-shaft for enforcing the engagement of the dog and segment during the revolution of the shaft, the sliding lock-plate holding the dog when in its operative position, and the connection between the cash-lid and sliding lock-plate, whereby the plate is withdrawn when the lid is closed. I

10. The combination, with the indicating mechanism of a register and with a receptacle and the lid of the receptacle, of a look, as an arm 2),for said indicating mechanism, and connect-ions between the lid and lock whereby the lock is held in place untilthelid is closed, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

ll. The combination, with the indicating mechanism of a cash and check machine, of a lid covering the cash-receptacle, a springactuated shaft connected with said lid, and a locking device, as an arm 29, for the indicating mechanism, and devices actuated by said shaft and arranged to release the look by the rotation of the shaft to close the lid, substantially in the manner herein set forth.

12. The combination, with the cash-securing, indicating, and printing devices in a cash and check machine, of the spring-actuated self-opening cash-lid, the automatic lock confining the same when closed, the connections between the lock and the printing-shaft to release the look by the rotation of the shaft, the indicating-shaft, the dog holding said in dicating-shaft, the connections between the dog and printing-shaft for enforcing the hold of the dog upon the indicating-shaft during the revolution of the printing-shaft, the lock holding said dog, and the connections between said lock and the cash-lid,whereby the lock is released when the lid is closed, all substantially in the manner and [or the purpose herein set forth.

13. The combination of the registering mechanism, locking device, as an arm 29, therefor, cash-lid 36, the rotating shaft 38, and connections wherebythe rotation of the shaft operates the locking device, the band 40, coupling said shaft and lid, the coiled spring 37, encircling said shaft to actuate it and wound by the movement of the lid in closing, and the automatic lock +2, engaging the closed lid, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

14-. The combination,with the cash-receptacle and indicating-pointer in a cash securing and indicating machine, of the cash-lid so, the rotating spring-actuated shaft 3,

coupled to said lid to open it, the toothed segment 27, coupled to the indieating-pointer, the self-releasing pivoted dog 28, engaging said segn'lent, the arm at), coupled to said dog, the slide 47, engaging said arm, the drivingpin 45, actuating said slide, and the cam 4 t] on the shaft 38, actuating the pin,whereby the hold of the dog upon the segment is enforced when the cash-lid is open, substantially in the manner and For the purpose herein set Forth.

15. The combination of the indicatingpointer 23, the toothed segmen 27, mounted upon the spindle 22 of said pointer, the oscillating dog 28, mounted to engage said segment, the transmit ting-pinion I, geared to said spindle, the radial arm. ll, swinging upon the axis of said pinion, the type-wheel (l, pivoted upon said arm to gear with and swing about said pinion, the opposed printing-platen K, the spring-actuated yoke Q, pivoted to the axle of the type-wheel, the rotating 1n'intingshaft 0, the cam upon said shatt bearing down said yoke against the stress of its spring, and the mechanism, substantially as described, coupling the oscillating deg 28 mediately with said printing-shaft, whereby the dog is made tohold theindicatingmechanism during the revolution of the pi-intingsliatt, subst'antiall in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this.specitieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM KOCH. Witnesses:

A. N. JESBERA, E. M. WATsoN. 

